I even reviewed another one of his knives, that I don't think they offer anymore, called the Hawke Harrier Elite which I gave a pretty poor review on. Still though, setting aside the criticism, I am still a huge fan of Captain Hawke and his survival manuals.

As you can clearly see, this knife is pretty bad ass looking. The handle is very solid and is very comfortable in your hand. It also has three places on the knife with holes so you can securely lash your knife onto a stick to make a spear out of.

The knife construction is also very solid, and strong. I was able to do some simple batoning to test it out and it handled it without issue. The blade comes out of the package pretty sharp, but with the peculiar shape it's kind of difficult to sharpen, but certainly not impossible if you have the right sharpening tools. I made some pine scrapings with the blade, and it did it easily.

My only gripe with this knife is that because it has the Blackstone finish on it you can pretty much forget using the spine of the knife as a ferro rod striker. I even tried filing off the finish on the spine a bit as you can see below, but it still was pretty lousy as making sparks.

I also tried getting sparks from the half circle area just under the blade and was able to product sparks, but the lashing hole made it difficult for me to get a good scrape using the pin technique, and made it difficult to aim using the pull technique. If you buy this for a survival knife, be sure to bring something else to use as a striker. Or, better yet you can do what Mykel Hawke recommends and just bring a few lighters ;-)

Overall I think this is a pretty cool knife, and would be happy to take it back in the woods with me. My go to for a good survival knife is still (Say what you want) my Bear Grylls knife from Gerber.

What's your favorite knife for use in bush craft or survival? Let us know in the comments!